Some or all internal disks in SPARC T3 / T4 Servers may not show up in "# format" or "ok> probe-scsi-all"

(Doc ID 1471121.1)

Last updated on MARCH 06, 2018

Applies to:

SPARC T3-1 - Version All Versions and laterSPARC T4-2 - Version All Versions and laterSun Storage 6Gb SAS PCIe HBA, 8 Port - Version Not Applicable and laterSPARC T3-2 - Version All Versions and laterSPARC T4-1 - Version All Versions and laterOracle Solaris on SPARC (64-bit)
Checked for relevance on 14-Jan-2014

Symptoms

Common Symptoms are:

- Cannot see any or more than one disk in "# format" or "ok> probe-scsi-all" although more than one physical disk is installed - No error messages are generated by the Operating System and "probe-scsi-all" - OBP command "ok> show-disks" displays path to disks with "LSI,mrsas" in it, example:

Cause

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